Hose-conduit for railways.



No. 669,214. Patented Man 5, |90l.

'3. aalst. l Hose conulr- Fon nAlL'wAYs.

(Applimion med' Dec. 21. 1900.) (No Indel.)

YM: Nbnms Pneus co1 Mom-wma., WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY GEISE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOSE-CONDUIT FOR RAILWAYS.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,214, dated March 5,1901.

Application filed December 27, 1900. Serial No. 41,202. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY GEISE, a citizenY panying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improve-1*' ments in fire-hoseconduits for crossing railways.

One object of my said invention is to provide an improved form ofconduit adapted to extend under the car-tracks, so as to furnish atransit for fire-hose from one side of the street to the other withoutin any way interrupting the traffic.

A further object of the invention is to provide a conduit of such aconstruction that the hose may be readily and quickly inserted andpassed therethrough Without any danger of its being interrupted by thetwisting of the hose, the shape of the conduit being such as to deflectand guide the hose during itspassage through the said conduit.

A still further object is to simplify and cheapen the construction ofthe device, and thereby reduce the cost of laying the same.

The main points of novelty will be hereinafter fully described,andparticularly pointed out in the claims made hereto.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of asection of a street, showing the ends of the conduit and the coveringstherefor. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the conduit, showingthe roadbed in cross-section.

In the said drawings, d and a designate the track-rails, b the road-bed,and c the street. The conduit cl is preferably made of cast-iron and intwo sections, as d and d2, having the flanges e formed on their meetingends, which flanges are bolted together. Each end of the conduit d iscurved upwardly, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and terminates inan enlarged mouth having an annular flange g. The lower wall of theconduit adjacent each mouth is curved outwardly, as at h, thus forming adeflecting-wall at each opening, which serves to guide the hose downinto the conduit when inserting the same, and the curved portion i,which is immediately adjacent to the portion h, serves to guide itupwardly and out of the opposite or outlet mouth.

Each opening or mouth is provided with a coveringplate j, which fitsneatly inside of the flanges g and is flush with the street-bed.

The simplicity of my construction will be readily understood from theforegoing description, and the advantages to be derived by the shape ofthe openings will also be readily seen. When the hose is insertedthrough one of the openings, the flaring walls of the conduit will serveto guide the same through said conduit, and the size of the conduitbeingonly slightly larger than the hose prevents any possibility ofclogging by the twisting of said hose. The opposite or outlet end of theconduit is so shaped as to guide the hose upwardlyand out through themouth of the same, there being no angles or obstructions to impede itspassage.

I am aware that it. is not new to provide conduits under railway-tracksfor the passage of fire-hose, such a device being shown in my UnitedStates Patent No. 351,371, granted October 26, 1886, and I do not desireto claim the same broadly, but simply conne myself to the specificconstruction such as set forth in my claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A fire-hose conduit for railway-tracks comprising a tubular pipe, d,constructed in two sections and bolted together at their meeting edges,upwardly-curved ends, t', provided in said pipe, and an enlarged flaringmouth for each outlet having the curved walls, h, for deflecting andguiding the hose during its insertion, substantially as described.

2. A hre-hose conduit for railway-tracks comprising a tubular pipe d,constructed in two sections and bolted together at their In Witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of December, A. D.1900.

HENRY GEISE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. SPECKMAN, JNO. T. CROSS.

